Skip to main content

It seems that our politicians...

It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have to be in black and white? No. But is it fantastic that it was? To see New York like that? Yes!

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

Each one of my movies becomes...

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I definitely in filmmaking mo...

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

Omaha, like Rome, is built on...

Omaha, like Rome, is built on seven hills.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

You look at how many years yo...

You look at how many years you have left, and you start to think: 'How many more films do I have in me?'

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I always wanted 'Sideways' to...

I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I guess maybe I try to make m...

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

My flag is always flying. My ...

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I think if you watch most of ...

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

You just never know when you'...

You just never know when you're living in a golden age.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

The novel succeeds on terms e...

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I'm so not interested in prod...

I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

Anytime you cast a movie and ...

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

Even if we die at 100, we're ...

Even if we die at 100, we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There's a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I'm not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

If you were falling in love a...

If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things you did that you'd forgotten about, you'd weep, looking at that day.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I never wanted money worries ...

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

The actors are the greatest e...

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

As the years go by and I make...

As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

I don't think so much about v...

I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

The biggest fear I have is to...

The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true.

Alexander Payne 78 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

23

Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

83

Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

115

Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

219

Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

541

Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

165

Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....